Packaging of tobacco products.



T. 1. MALONEY.

PACKAGING 0F TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

Af-PLlcATloN FILED MAR` 13, 1918.

L29 998% Patented Jim. 21, 1919.

JAM/W. M9/ WQ@ a pr-airain #sfr-arpsj anciana oratori reformas; MALQNEY,oF-JERSEY Grrr, NEW Juristas', Assrenoa ro commente acarrear, orrunwYoan, N. Y., a coaronnrron er rncnaemc or 'ronacceluminosas.v

Learner..

To'paZZ 'whom it may concern y Be it known that l, THoMAs J. MALoNEY, acitizen ofthe United States, residing at Jersey City, in the county ofHudsonand State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Packaging of Tobacco Products, of which the following is aspecification. y

This invention relates to improvements in the packaging of tobaccoproducts, although the invention isn'ot limited to this particular use,beine" with the paclkaging of other commodities.

l @wing to the fact that tobaccozproducts are more or less subject todeterioration by atmospheric or moisture action, it has been thepractice in producing packages for commercialpurposes to employ acontainer .0r wrapper of types which will tend to reduce, as rar aspossible, the possibilityv of such deterioration.

One Way of meeting the problem is by the V use of metallic containers,the latter having a loose lining of araiin orother form of paper or oftin toil, the tobacco content being contained Within the lining. Sincethe container' is capable of being closed, and the lining :provides anadditional safeguard,

' the tobacco contents are protected against atmospheric and moistureeffects, especiallyl during the period in which the package remainsintact-the period between the time when the package is completed by themanufacturer and the time when it is laced in the hands of the consumer,a peri of more or less indefinite duration.

Another Way in which the problem has been met is by the use of a wrapperformation, the latter generally including a tin foil liner, the latterbeing 4more particularly relied upon to provide the barrier forexcluding air and. moisture.

Owing to present day conditions, these Ways of meeting the problem arenot only disadvantageous by reason of the large increase in cost of theessential elements-the lmaterial for the metallic containers and the tinfoil, but, in addition, the ability to scc'ure supplies of thesematerials largely af fects the ability to provide packages oflthisSpecification of Letters Patent.

adapted for use in connection Patented Jann., 2i,

Application sied March 13, 191e. 'serial nq. saam.

type. These facts practically necessitate change in the character of thepackage, since the desired protection must be provided by the use ofmaterials of unlimited supply.

Various Ways of overcoming these diliculties have been provided, as bythe use of a paper Wrapper formation applied about an embryo package toproduce a more or less sealed Wrapped package. One Way in which thisresult is obtainable is disclosed inthe prior patent granted to me Nov.27, 1917, No.- 1,247 ,697 in which the tobacco is contained Within aninner inclosure formed of' stout paperto produce the embryo package, andsuch package then inclosed in a pair of cup-shaped paperreceptaclcswhich are positioned over the opposite ends of the package and held inpositionby means of a band which connects the free ends of the skirts ofthe respective receptacles. lThe form o1'i package disclosed in saidpatent provides a satisfactory'solution of the problem and retains thecharacteristics of the tobacco contents practically unimpaired, at leastuntil the package reaches the consumer. ll'owover, since the Wrapper`formation practically comprises three individual elementsthe twocup-shaped receptacles and the uniting band-they question of cost 0fproduction of the package becomes a factor by reason oi the diiiierentoperations required in 'the packaging operation, it being practicallyvanecessity that such packaging be by machinery in order that the packagescan be pro duced in sufiieient quantities to meet the demands of thetrade.

The present invention is designed not only to produce a package capableof meeting the problems which are incident to the packaging of tobaccoproducts, but also to simplify the packaging operation in such manner asto reduce as far as possible the cost or" producing and applying theWrapper 'ormation to the embryo ackage. This is brought about bytheelin'iination or' the separate clement form of lthe wrapper formationof the patent, and by the use of a single element in the form of a blankWhich can be readily applied to the embryo package by machinery andunder large capacity conditions, and in lill ture of which will bereadily understood as' the invention is hereinafter disclosed, said.inventionconsists in the improved construction and combination of partshereinafter more fully' described, illustrated in the accompanying.drawings, and more particuu larly pointed out in the appended claims. l

lin the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference charactersindicate similar parte in each of the views:

Figure l is a perspective view showing a completed package according toone forni of the present invention, parts being broken away.,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a blank which may be employed in providing thewrapper formation for the package. y

3 is a sectional view taken on line 3&3 of Fig. l.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view 'of aportion of a package showing aslightly diid'erent embodiment of the invention.

,ln the several views of the drawings, the thickness of the wrapper ismore or less exaggerated with the result that the folds, etc., arevaried somewhat from actual conditions. lt will be understood, however,that the wrapper blank is formed of readilyfoldable paper, more or lesspliable in character, the wrapper formation not being designed toprovide the stiffness to the package, this latter being produced by thecontainer formation of the embryo package..

is shown more particularly in Fig. 2, the wrapper is provided from anelongated blank which is of uniform width from end to end of the mainportion of the blank, the width of the blank being substantially equalto the width of a face and the opposite adjacent sides of the package,the distance between the longitudinally dotted lines illl0 of the blanka in Fig.1 2 indicating the width of the package face, the distancebetween each dotted line l0 and the adjacent parallel edge of the blankbeing approximately the width of the sides of the package; obviously,this width may be reduced, if desired.

While one face of the blank may be coated throughout its surface, lprefer to apply the adhesive in 'the forni of stripes which eX- tend.lengthwise of the blank, a preferred arrangement being shown in Fig. 2,one

is a sectional 'View taken on line v stripe indicated at il, extendingadjacent and parallel to the side edge of the blank and at each side ofthe blank, another stripe,

indicated at l2, extending parallel to stripe il but on the oppositeside of folding line 10, thus placing the two stripes l2 in post tionfor adhesive attachment to faces of the embryo package, while stripes ilare operative in connection with the folded formation at the sides ofthe package. stripes extend longitudinally of the blank in parallelrelation, it will be understood that they may be applied during 'travelof the blank in the direction of lengthof the blank through suitableadhesive applying devices, thereby providing, in simple inanner, a blankon whichthe adhesive is applied in advance of `folding of the blank andthe application of the blank to the package.

The blank, when applied, has sections i3 and l5 applied to oppositefaces of the embryo package, section lli overlying a package end. issections 13 and la are practically of the same length, itwill beunderstood that each section practically covers itsface of the packageand is secured to .such face by the portions of adhesive stripes l2which are carried by the section. ln practice, the folding operations bymeans of which sections 13, la and l5 are secured in position, takeplace in advance of folding of the wings of lthe respective sections,the practice generally being to first tuck in wings la `into Contactwith the 'sides of the package, this tucking-in action producingindividual.Hap-formations for sections 13 and l5. W ings or '.daps i3are 'then turned downward into overlying relation to the sides of thepackage, after which section le is folded up into overlying relation theopposite end of the package, and section i? folded over on to the top ofsection i3 previously applied W ings 16a are then turned in in a mannersimilar to the turn ing in of'wings la-producing Hap-forniations forsections l5 and l'-after which wings or flaps 15a are folded intooverlying relation to wings 16a and i3, completing the package with theexception of wings or flaps 17j which are then folded down intooverlying relations to wings i6a and 15a.

This folding, and the arrangement of the adhesive stripes provides astructure which is more or less air and moisture proof, and at the saine'time produces a package which is of the tight-wrap character in thatthe wrapper is adhesively applied 'to the embryo package, although theadhesive may not be applied throughout the package face. To indicate thevarious points at which adhesive connection is had, it may be noted thatwings 14a are adhesively secured to package, wings or flaps i3 to thepackage and wings ida, wings i6 to wingsor iiaps 13- (and possibly tothe package, dependent Since v the menace upon the relative Width ofwings 13a and counter-sunk) an section 17 to'section 13.

naddition, the particular arrangement is such that Wings 17 a are alsoadhesively secured vtothe triangular portions 1 7? which formfpart ofthe flap-forming structure produced by the '1n-folding of Wings 16".

As will be seen, this arrangement provides a Wrapper formation in whichthe Wrapper-has allength greater than the total peripheral length of thewalls of the embryo package ,on a longitudinal section of thepackage,the Wrapper extending in overlying relation to each of .theseWalls, the excess Wrapper portion overlying and being adhesivelyconnected to an applied wrapper portion, the adhesive application beingAat spaced apart points so as to provide for an unsecured portion of theWrapper at an intermediate point in the Width of the package.

It will also be seen that; the Wing portions of the wrapper are sofolded as to produce flaps which are folded upon each other at the sidesof the package, the flaps of section 13 being in contact with andsecured tothe embryo package While the flaps of section 15 are inoverlying relation to the flaps of section 13, the adhesive stripe offlaps 152l securing these iaps vto flaps 13; consequently .the wings orflaps of the body portion for the opposite faces of the package arepractically in-folded upon each other and not only secured to each otherbut have ay secur-A ing 'relation to the embryo package through theadhesive stripe of flaps 13, the result being that the flap formationsat the sides are of such character as to insure the retaining of theseflaps in their folded positions. In addition, the naps of section 17 arefolded into overlyino' relation to the naps from the opposite fgace ofthe packageflaps la-so that at one end of the pack- -agethe end which isdesigned to be opened-the arrangement not only provides that flaps 15 beadhesively secured to two flaps from the opposite face-flaps 13 and17g-but also that flaps 13a are adhesively secured to the embryopackage, thus providing effective assurance that the flap formationswill be maintained in proper position with respect to the embryo packageand to each other. It will also be seen that the manner in which thefolding is arranged provides a flap-forming structure at the oppositeends of each side of the package,'fiaps 15L forming part of bothnap-forming forma- 4 tions, while flaps 13a and 17 enter into theflap-forming formation only at one end,- flap .13 at one end and flap17a at the other end-the flap portion ofthe excess length portion beingadhesively applied to the exterior of-iap 15a.

As will be seen, the portion of the free edge of section 17 whichoverlies section 13, is free from connection with section 13exceptinothat provided by stripes l152 of secnonriens ne@ edge beingheid in Contact with the face of the package by reason of the securingof wings or flaps 17 in position.l This free edge portion, however, willpermit 0f the introduction of the fingernail or some implement by meansof which the unsecured portion of section 17 can be torn andas thisunattached portion also extends across the adjacent end of the package,this tearing can be carried entirely across the end of the' package,thus exposing such package end ready for opening of the inner Wrapperend to expose the contents ofthe package. Since these embryo packagesare generally made with counter-sunk ends, it Will be understood thatafter tearing across the being unsecured to the face of the package,

provides a tab readily grasped by the puri chaser to provide the openingaction. This latter form is shown in Fig. 1, while Fig. 5 omits thisparticular feature. The blank employed in connection with thearrangement of F ig. 5 is a true rectangular blank, one which can bereadily provided from a suitable roll of paper of the desired width by asimple cutting action transverse of the length of the blank. The blankemployed in connection with the arrangement of Fig. 1 has extension 19,but this form can also be produced from a roll, by suitable die action,the free end of section 13 then carrying a notch corresponding to theconfiguration of extension 19; as this notch is covered by section 17during'folding of the package, it does not materially affect thepackaging operation.

lVhile l have referred to wings 17n as preferably overlying wings 15-asin Fig'. 1-the invention contemplates the possibility of folding wings17a in advance of wings 15, an action which would place Wings 15u as theouter ply of4 the side structure; this form is shown-for illustrativepurposes only-in Fig. 5. However, I prefer to employ the formation shownin Fig. 1, since this provides a ply form ation in which wings 15 notonly overlap Wings 13, but are in turn overlapped by wings 17 a, therebytending to decrease liability of opening of the structure under roughusage.

The cycle of operation pointed out is, of course, an illustrative one,andthe specific cycle actually employed in producing the package bymachinery may be varied, the cycle indicated above being one which issimple and which can be duplicated by niachine operating` more or lessin a stage or step-by-step sequence.

ljiliile the invention is applicable for usev in the production ofpackages in which tin foil is omitted, it will be readily understood, ofcourse, that the application of the Wrapper can Ibe provided equally asWell as Where the embryo package includes a tin -foil element, andtheinvention is therefore not limited in this respect. Y

lt will also be understood that While the invention is designed moreparticularly in producing a package in .which the commodity oftlieenibryo package is a tobacco product, the invention is equallyapplicable for use in connection with embryo packages carrying othercontents, and it is to be understood that the particular use referredtothe packaging,r of tobacco productsis more or less illustrative,indicating' the ability to meet conditions ditl'ering from the generalWrapping operations.

lll/hilo l have herein shown and described several Ways in Which theinvention may be practised, it will be readily understood that changesand modifications therein may be found desirable or necessaryto meet'the exigencies of use, and ldesire to be understood as reserving theright to make any and all such changes or modifications as .may be founddesirable or essential, in so far as 'the saine may tall Within thespirit and scope of the invention as expressed in the accompanyingclaimswhen. broadly construed.

What l claim is:

l. 5r-tobacco products package comprising an embryo package, and aWrapper adhesively connected to faces thereof, said wrapper having alength greater than the total peripheral length of the Walls of theembryo package on a longitudinal section or' the package and extendingin overlying;` relation to each ofv such Walls, .the excess Wrapperportion overlying and beingl adhesively connected to an applied Wrapperportion7 said wrapper fuafving continuous marginal edges extending inparallelism with suchline of section and fold-able into independent Wingformations adhesively connected and applied to remaining Walls of theembryo package. s

2. A tobacco products packagel comprising an embryo package, and aWrapper adhesively connected to i'aces thereof, said Wrapper having' alength. greater than the total peripheral length of the Walls of theembryo package on a longitudinal section of the package and extending`in overlying lation -to each of such Walls, the excess wrapper portionoverlying and being ad hesively connected to spaced portions of anapplied Wrapper portion to present an intermediate unconnected butoverlying portion free to be torn to expose an end of the enibryopackage.

3. d tobacco products 'package comprising' anembryo package, and aWrapper adhesively connected to :faces thereof, said Wrapper having' alength greater than the total. peripheral length of the Walls oi theembryo package on a longitudinal section of the package and extending inoverlying; relation to each of such Walls, the excess Wrapper portionoverlying' and being adhesive-ly connected to spaced portions of anapplied Wrapper portion to present an intermediate unconnected butoverlying portion, said intermediate portion having; a weakened lineformation adapted to produce a tearing' tab operative to expose an endof the embryo package when the tab is torn.

t A tobacco products package comprising` an embryo package, and aWrapper adhesively connected to faces thereof, said Wrapper having' alength greater than the total peripheral length ot' the Walls' of theembryo package on a longitudinal section of the package and em'zendinp`in overlying relation to each of such Walls, the excess Wrapper portionoverlying and being; adhesively conneoted to spaced portions of anapplied Wrapper portion tov present an intermediate unconnected butoverlying; portion, said intermediate portion having' a tab iornnitionoperative to permit tearing of unsecured overlying Wrapper portions toexpose an end of the embryo package.,

5., A tobacco products package comprising an embryo package, and aWrapper adhesively connected .to 'faces thereof, said wrapper having alength greater than the total peripheral length of the walls ot theembryo package on a .longitudinal section of the package and extending'in overlying relation to each of such Walls, the excess Wrapn perportion overlying; and being adhesively connected to spaced portions ofan applied wrapper portion to present an intermediate unconnected butoverlying portion, said intermediate portion having a weakened lineformation adapted to produce a tearing tab operative to expose an end ofthe embryo package 'when the tab is torn, said tab having an unsecuredextension adapted to form a grasping' portion to facilitate the tearing;operation.

6. A tobacco products package comprisinf; an embryo package, and aWrapper adhes'irvely connected to faces thereof, said Wrapper' having' alength greater than the total peripheral length of the walls of theembryo package on a longitudinal section iti of the package andextending in overlying relation to each of such Walls, and also having awidth greater than the Width of 'the embryo package to provide Wingformations in overlying relation to the opposi-tc side vwalls of thepackage, the excess WrapperI package and extending in overlying relationto eachl of such Walls, and also having a Width. greaterl than the widthof the embryo package to provide Wing formations in overlying relationto the opposite side walls of the package, the excess of. thebodyportion of the Wrapper overlying and being adhesively connected to anapplied body portion of the Wrapper, said excess also being of a Widthgreater than the package Width to form wings adhesively applied to andex@ tending in overlying relation to the Wingforrned side-wall Wrappingsof the embryo package.,l i

8. n. tobacco products package comprising an embryo package, and aWrapper adhesively connected to faces thereof, said wrapper being in theform ofa blank having a ody portion and Wing-forming portions, saidblank havin a length greater than the total peripheral ength of theWalls of the embryo package on a longitudinal section of the package andhaving its body portion forming a complete inclosure of the embryopackage on said line of section with the excess of length in overlyingrelation to an applied portion of the blank body portion, thewing-forming portion of the blank being foldable to provide aflap-formation at each end of the opposite sides of the package with theflap portion of the excess length adhesively applied to the exterior ofthe flap portion of the Wrapper body covering the oppositeface of thepackage.4

9. A tobacco products package comprising an embryo package, and awrapper adhe- Sively connected to faces thereof, said Wrapper being inthe form of a blank having a body portion and wing-forming portions,said blank having a length greater than the total peripheral length ofthe Walls of the embryo package on a longitudinal section of the vpackage and having its body portion forming a complete inclosure of theembryo package on said line of section with the excess vof length inoverlying relation to an applied portion of the blank body portion, theof the body portion `applied to opposite faces of the embryo package extending in overlying relation at the sides of the package, the Wings ofthe excess length portion overlying and being adhesively se-` cured. tothe Wings of the opposite face portion. y

10. A tobacco products package co1nprising an embryo package, and awrapper adhesively connected to faces thereof, said Wrapper being in theform of a blank having a body portion and wing-forming portions,

,said blank having a length greater' than the total peripheral length ofthe Walls of the embryo package on a longitudinal section of the packageand having its body portion forming a complete inclosure of the embryopackage on said line of section with the excess of length in overlyingrelation to an applied portion of the blank body portion, the Wings ofthe body portion applied to opposite faces of the embryo packageextending in overlying relation at the sides of the package, the .Wingsof the excess length portion overlying and being adhesively secured tothe Wings of the opposite face por- Si tion and cooperating with theWings of such portion in the formation of flap-forming folds.

11. A tobacco products package comprising an embryo package, and aWrapper ad i hesively connected to faces thereof, said Wrapper being inthe form of a blank having a body portion and Wing-forming portions,said blank having a length greater than the total peripheral length ofthe Walls of the embryo package on a longitudinal section of the packageand having its body portion forming a complete inclosure of the embryopackage on said line of section With the excess of length in overlyingrelation to an applied portion of the blank body portion, the Wings ofthe body portion applied to opposite faces of the embryo packageextending in overlying relation at the sides of the package,the Wingsof. the excess length portion coperating With the4 Wings of the oppositeface portion to provide a flap formation overlying the Wings of the bodyportion to which the excess length is ap-I plied.

12. A Wrapper blank for adhesive connection to an embryo package tocomplete a Wrapped package, said blank being of substantially uniformWidth and having a plurality of Stripes of adhesive extending in spacedrelation and in the direction of length of the blank, said blank havinga length greater than the total peripheral length of the Walls of theembryo package to be Wrapped on a longitudinal section of such package,and having a Width greater than the Width of such package, the excessWidth of the blank being adapted to be folded to provide Wing or flapformations extending on opposite sides of the package and in un- 1" ill@--derlyiiig relation to the wing or Hap :tomaiaA meme-a than' the Widthof such package, .the eXcesS Width of the bienk being' adapted to befolded to provide Wing or Hap o'imatioiis extending on opposite sidesoi' the package, the relative location of the several steipes ofadhesive being such as to locate a stripe on a iviig-foming portion of'the bank anc. an adjacent stripe on? the body portion of 'the blank.

'1in testimony whereof have heieunte eet my hanch HQMS MLNEY.

